Template
MU4.....I click "New" and select "My Templates". A template titled "Title" displays a "Preview" of my "Lead Sheet" which I created and placed in the "Template" folder. See "Attach 1.mscz". When I click "Done". I get "Attach 2.mscz.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Attach 1.mscz | 17.64 KB |
| Attach 2.mscz | 16.47 KB |
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Do you mean you are "missing" the system breaks?
I believe templates do not use that, as the score created from the template can have any number of measures.
If you want to start with this format, you can just open de existing MS file and modify accordingly.
Or, after creating from the template, use the Add / Remove breaks in the Format menu option.
In reply to Do you mean you are "missing… by Henk De Groot
No Henk. My post has nothing to do with system breaks. I'm only indicating that what I see in the template preview is not what I get when I click "Done".
In reply to No Henk. My post has… by rjdomo
Maybe you can add some screenshots, as this is not making any sense to me now.
In reply to Maybe you can add some… by Henk De Groot
Here are 2 screenshots. "Preview Screenshot" is what I see when attempting to open a template from "My Templates". "What I Get Screenshot" is what I see after I have clicked "Done" while the "Preview Screenshot" is displayed.
In reply to Here are 2 screenshots. … by rjdomo
Your Attach 1.mscz file uses system breaks. If you go into your template folder (template files are normal *.mscz files) and open it, you will see it with the system breaks.
I'm assuming that MuS 4 will display the preview as it would display the score when it is opened. In this case the system breaks are displayed, but when the template is applied they are ignored.
I would say "a minor bug" :-).
In reply to Here are 2 screenshots. … by rjdomo
System breaks from templates are ignored. Actually all measures are ignored and recreated.
The template should help you when you write scores for the same instrumentation over and over again. There you specify which instruments are present and in which order they will be arranged in the score. You can also preset text styles and sizes and other things.
But not, for example, text contents, key signature, number of measures, tempo indications or these system breaks, because that will usually be different for each score.
As already written: with "Add / Remove System Breaks" in the Format menu this can be done afterwards with only a few clicks.
In reply to The template should help you… by HildeK
You're absolutely right HildeK. I know what a template is and how to use it for convenience when creating a score using the template. As I pointed out; what I see in the template preview is not what I get when I click "Done".
You wrote:
A template titled "Title" displays a "Preview" of my "Lead Sheet" which I created and placed in the "Template" folder.
Okay, if you want exactly what displays as the "preview" - including the word "Title", and the tempo mark quarter = 80, 4 measures per line, etc. - then move that "Title" file out of the Templates folder and into a folder for scores. Then you can open it as a regular score, and not as a template. Templates don't keep tempo marks, nor titles named "Title", nor 4 measures per system, etc. because all that will change.
In reply to You wrote: A template titled… by Jm6stringer
Yes, I knew this and that's what I do. I merely wanted to point out that what is displayed in Preview is not what I get when the score screen appears.
In reply to Yes, I knew this and that's… by rjdomo
Oh, okay...
Even the templates supplied with MuseScore - like "jazz Lead Sheet", "Treble Clef", and others - behave the same. They all end up displaying "Untitled score" on the empty sheet when the score screen appears.
One reason I can see for this:
During new score creation, the template preview will show, for example, "String Quartet", "Wind Quartet", or "Brass Quartet' - instead of "Untitled score" for all - to affirm the instrument setup before one presses 'Done'. (The instrument names themselves may appear too small to discern in the preview.)
Once 'Done' is pressed, the score for the chosen quartet is then presented as an "Untitled score" to prompt for a title entry (which was not earlier entered during the New Score creation procedure).